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could be understood as a request for an answer such as "Thursday, June 24", as a reminder of the importance of the day, or as a test of the addressee's mental alertness.
Both can be performed with the same utterance, e.g. a single word "Water" as in the example above, but their communicative functions are determined by the preceding context: following a question, such as "What is this called?", this utterance is interpreted as the case of Naming, whereas following an offer, e.g. "What would you like?", the same utterance may be understood as a Request.
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For example, the Swedish word for suicide is, literally translated, "self-murder" and might thus be understood as a dysphemism, and several survey respondents requested a more neutral expression.
Comment: I also request a small yet important change in notation: authors repeatedly refer to three-dimensional version of their model which I understood as a model with 3 spatial coordinates.
After two such requests from each individual, they were asked them to contact SP when they were free, as this was understood as an indicator of unwillingness to participate.
For instance, saying "Let's do this on Monday instead" is understood by Skobee as a request for a date change and noted.
"While in and of itself, the request could be understood as just a plea for mercy, which is not obviously obstructive," the Lawfare writers explain, "the fact that it comes from a superior with the power to remove the investigator alongside the fact that Trump then did fire Comey makes obstruction a plausible reading of the apparent facts".
"However, we understand that a request to appeal that decision has since been submitted".
The user's request was understood as follows: appropriate, when convergence between the original intent and recommendation occurs, and inappropriate, when the initial intent of the user's request differs from the recommendation provided by the call center.
They delivered Coke instead of Diet Coke and didn't understand a request for butter.
CNN's bot couldn't understand a request for "U.S".
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com